Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter

Re:Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter by abandonliberty on Friday January 27, 2017 @06:16PM (#13503631)

I wonder if others share my interest in what legitimate businesses are doing.

For example, Hootsuite Amplify is a platform designed to dominate social media by making it easy for your company's employee base to share and promote curated content.

This has a similar effect to botnets, except it's not violating t&c.

We're entering a world where authentic conversation is harder and harder to find. Historically personal content such as emails and tweets are now carefully constructed and managed, but still presented as personal content.

https://hootsuite.com/products/amplify

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Re:Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter by CPLX on Friday January 27, 2017 @09:21PM (#13504447)

> We're entering a world where authentic conversation is harder and harder to find.

I guess. When I was a youth you found authentic conversation by being in the world and meeting an authentic person and having a conversation. If we keep that definition constant then it's precisely as hard to find today as it has always been.

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Re:Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter by abandonliberty on Monday January 30, 2017 @02:36AM (#13519300)

I think you have a blind spot here.

When you were a youth, being in the world and meeting an authentic person didn't have quite as much competition as it does today.

It's like saying you're not concerned about the environmental impact of cars because we can always choose good old reliable walking instead.

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Re:Massive networks of fake accounts found on Twitter by rapind on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:01AM (#13505293)

Everyone is a marketer now. Selling out has been glorified.

Consuming this pseudo content is tiring though... Keep calm and shill on?

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